Sharing this on behalf of our students–we’d love to see your work! The Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution is published three times per year and is dedicated to providing a forum for scholarly research and theoretical writing a wide range of subjects, including arbitration, negotiation, mediation and the latest developments in conflict resolution. We are currently … Continue reading Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution–Call for Papers! →

Janet Martinez, the former Director of Stanford Law School’s Gould Negotiation and Mediation Program, will deliver the 2024 Schwartz Lecture on Dispute Resolution on March 20, 2024 at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.  Titled “System Design for Contemporary Justice”, the lecture will begin at 12:10 ET and conclude at or before 1:20.  … Continue reading Janet Martinez to deliver OSU’s 2024 Schwartz Lecture →

Peter Reilly (Texas A&M) directed the panel to discuss where mediation is going. Erin Archerd (Detroit Mercy) Is restorative justice different than mediation or really mediation itself?  Like mediation, it is a part of “peace making,” and like mediation we need to ask ourselves whether the process has been lessened in the name of results.  … Continue reading Worries and Hopes as We Look to the Future →

Michael Greene (Texas A&M) posed questions to each panelist to get them started, and their remarks are below. Lisa Blomgren Amsler (Indiana) She started with a discussion of the dispute system design process in general, discussing stakeholders, processes and structures, context and culture, resources, as well as all kinds of implicit assumptions with each which … Continue reading Different Frames for Assessing What Mediation Provides →

Cynthia Alkon (Texas A&M) moderated this program and started with this simple question – why are you bullish on mediation? Jim Alfini (South Texas) He is generally positive because mediation has been able to thrive in all kinds of environments, for example the move to Zoom during the pandemic was swift and smooth.  And now … Continue reading Bullish on Mediation →

Here is my summary of Nancy Welsh’s (Texas A&M) opening remarks. After a historical overview of mediation from biblical times to the founding of the modern mediation movement, she offered several questions illustrating the diversity of mediation.  What does mediation look like – how is it structured, who are the mediators, where do they take … Continue reading Setting the Stage →

I’m happy to be at Texas A&M School of Law (Howdy !)* as a part of their annual Aggie Dispute Resolution Symposium.  This year’s program is titled Two Faces of Mediation: Reasons for Worry, Reasons for Hope.  Look for a blog post or two (dare I say live blog?) memorializing the proceedings. * If you’ve … Continue reading The Two Faces of Mediation: Reasons for Worry, Reasons for Hope →

Last month, I blogged here about an important rule change that the SEC approved for FINRA Dispute Resolution. After years of debate about the potential harm to investors by allowing non-attorneys to represent investors in securities arbitration and mediations, FINRA proposed barring them from its forum, if they are compensated. [See the prior post for … Continue reading SEC Stays Its Order Approving FINRA Rule Change Barring Compensated Non-Attorney Representation →